Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-04
LINCOLN'S LEISURE LOVERS,
Where the Capitoline Folk are Spending
the Heated Season.
DAMAGES FROM THE DROUGHT
Movements OF the Live Stock Com
mission-A Serious Accident
Complaints Against Street
Railroads-CityN News.


The way-up society people of Lincoln
gave matters in their line new turn this
spring. The old fashioned set party with
folded hands, and even the ncighbor.
hood or select dance or euchre party
gave place to more stylish, extensive
and elaborate gathering called recep-
tions. Some held them in the early
evening from s to z, and others from $50
to Hoo. At the afternoons" the house
was darkened, the gas lighted and every
appearance OF night secured. At all of
these gatherings the dresses Of the ladies
were especially elaborate. costing in
some cases hundreds of dollars, and in
others much more than some husbands
could afford. These dresses followed the
latest fashion to the letter, and some of
them fell little short of material. The
manner of construction seemed to be a
start on the train and skirt, and by the
time the waist was reached the material
was exhausted. Street cars, though pass.
Ing the door were discarded and hack
called into requisition. There is vague
story afloat to the effect that at some of
these receptions something stronger than
water was offered as a beverage, and
even some of the members of the w. &.
L. U. in their innocence indulged in
little mild milk punch, but no
cases of intoxication have been reported.
But when the warm weather actually set
in all these things were abandoned as
entirely too exhaustive, and the exodus
to summer resorts and supposed cool
places began. Now Lincoln people may
be found east and west at watering
places. 1t would seem that few cities of
its size distribute visitors and sightseers
moro widely than Lincoln. In winter
southern California and Florida always
secure good delegation, and, too, they
remain for months. In the summer they
scatter even more widely. Several we'll
known families are now on the Atlantic
sea shore or up in the New England
woods or village near their native haunts.
Others are north on the great lakes or in
the groves of Wisconsin and Minnesota,
while delegation has started for Puget
Sound and the unknown territory of
Alaska, intending to return through the
National park. Nor are the mountains
of Colorado without their share, which is
always large one. Nor is this all. The
old world comes IN for some attention,
and quite number are either on the con.
tinent or enroute. Chancellor Mennatt,
of the state university, and Mrs. j. II.
Blair, we'll known in business circles,
started yesterday, and one of the charm
ing things about all this going is
that 1t is not confined to the
rich alone, many in ordi-
nary. and some even in humble circum-
stances, have found the means to indulge
their taste for travel and recreation.
A. Malay to Omaha. Ex-Governor
David Butler, the great anti monopolist,
is at the Capital hotel. DIR. Rouse, Mrs
r. &. Outcault and Mrs. u. w. Ballen-
tine have gone to Denver and the noun
tains. w. s. Hamiston and family have
gone to st. Paul, Minn., and the northern
lakes. A. s; Raymond. the wholesale
! Spirit Lake, In. Miss May Potvin has
gone to Detroit and other Michigan cities.
Miss Phebe Elliott, member Of the Lincoln
school board, with friends, will visit
Chautauqua, N. Y, the Thousand islands,
and other summer resorts.
THE BIG DROUGHT.
The BEE correspondent met gentle.
man to-day who has been over most of
Kansas and western Nebraska and the
tale he brings about crops Is a woful one.
In much of Kansas and part of Nebraska
the long continued dry weather has cut
the wheat and oats crop very short, and
what damage the drought could not do
the chinch bug has stepped in to com.
plete. He reports. many fields of wheat
as abandoned and only waiting for the
torch to destroy as many bugs as posi-
bic. So numerous have these pests be-
come in some places as to not only at
tack the corn but even the prairie grass.
something hitherto unknown. He re-
ports fields of corn that gave every prom.
ing In the blighting influence OF these
pes.s. He even went so far as to predict
that il the dry weather continued ten
days longer not more than enough corn
for home consumption would be raised.
While it is doubtless true that crops have
been more or less damaged as suggested
yet his opinions, though arrived at from
Observation, are to be taken with some
allowance, and plenteous rain which now
is promised, may even kill the chinCt
bug and assure an excellent corn crop
1t Is free from damage IN this vicinity
and never promised better.
LIVE STOCK HEALTH.
The members of the State Live Stool
~ commission have returned after couple
of weeks journey through tho state. Th'
business in that department Is rapidly in
creasng and the entire time of the state
veterinarian and commissioners is en-
plOyed. There are constant complaint
in regard to glandered horses. The pros
poet of securing from the state pay fo
an old broken down horse is so allurini
that many reports of glanders are mad
that have in fact no real foundation. S,
frequent are these reports indeed that j
has been found impossible to make al
Investigation in all of them, and onl.
those receive attention which seem I,
have real merit in them. The disease o.
CHAMBERS is not on the increase in th
State.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Between l and O'Clock this morning
as q policeman was passing along
street in front of Kelly's saloon he hear(
what he supposed to be burglars. As
sistance was called and upon investiga
tion in narrow hall they found NAL
lying in pool of blood. DIR. Rueb wa
called and the wounded man carried ou
to the light and examined. He had evi
IDENTIFY gone up the stairs and in drunk
en- stupor fallen asleep and upon waking
had fallen down the area way nea
by. He has several cuts and bruise
about the head, especially one long cut
Examination shows the wound not
specially dangerous one, but painful
The skull was not fractured, and his re